If you are headed to Moab for mountain biking, chances are you’re hoping to roll over some of that legendary slickrock. Or maybe catch an incredible canyon-rim view. Or maybe find some technical rock trails. Or maybe you just want to give your legs a serious workout and forget about everything except what’s over the…
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Craghoppers trail apparel review
My first experience with Craghoppers outdoor clothing was a winter gear review for their CompressLite II jacket. I was impressed, and wondered if their summer apparel would hit the mark as well. After three months of hot hiking and plenty of sweaty, dirty miles, I can report that their pants and shirts are also up…
Mountain Bike Princess Di Trail
Mountain biking in Park City is a great way to enjoy summers in the Wasatch. But it can also mean dealing with big crowds on the trails. So if you’re looking for some singletrack where you’re likely to not see another soul, then the Princess Di trail fits the bill. Princess Di is located in…
Athena Trail first of many mountain bike trails coming to Green River
Moab, Hurricane, Park City… Green River? Utah has many towns that are known for world-class mountain biking. Green River is not one of them. But that distinction may change in the near future. This small town in Emery County is building a network of trails and the Green River Athena Trail will be the first…
Mountain biking Alexander Creek trail
There has never been a better time to be a mountain biker in Utah than right now. You can ride hundreds of trails with flow, berms, and not-too-steep climbs. Those trails are fun, sure, but sometimes you just feel like going old school. Sometimes you need to go mountain biking on an obscure, backwoods ride…
How you can run mountain-bike only trails this weekend
A brand new trail system opened up this past summer in Kamas, but hikers and trail runners were dismayed to discover them to be mountain-bike only. The High Star Ranch trail network has nearly 17-miles of singletrack forbidden to those on foot… except for this weekend at the first ever 5k trail run on Saturday,…
Hike to Willow Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon
Big Cottonwood Canyon is filled with dozens of long, epic hikes with spectacular views. But sometimes you just want to hike a short trail with a nice payoff. This is especially true if you’re taking kids. Willow Lake on the Willow Heights Trail near Solitude Mountain Resort is the perfect hike for that. The trail…
Deer Valley to build Tsunami, a new expert mountain bike trail
First there was Tidal Wave. Then there was Holy Roller. Next up is a Tsunami. Deer Valley is taking mountain biking up another notch this summer when they construct a new expert-level flow trail. “Tsunami” will be the resort’s biggest and baddest trail yet with huge berms, giant table-tops and over 900 vertical feet of…
New Wood Hill mountain bike trail opening in Price
Price, Utah has a lot of good mountain bike trails, but for some reason the town has not gained much attention as a MTB destination. That may change next month as the new Wood Hill trail will have its grand opening on Saturday, May 6th. Wood Hill is located just north of town, and the…
Hiking to Longbow Arch in Moab
Longbow Arch, located on Poison Spider Mesa just outside Moab, has long been a bit of a local’s secret. With no “official” trail to the arch, Longbow has not seen even a fraction of hikers other nearby arches have (I’m looking at you, Corona Arch). But in 2015, the BLM proposed building an official hiking…